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This was supposed to be the boring debate, less about personality (because Sen. Tim Kaine and Gov. Mike Pence were thought to have none), more about policy, but it turned out to be about both and not a stellar night for either. On foreign policy, Pence uttered nonsense—much of it repetitions of Donald Trump’s nonsense—but Kaine did a mixed job rebutting it.
Pence repeatedly blamed Hillary Clinton for the rise of ISIS, claiming that the United States had won the war in Iraq until she insisted on withdrawing all troops from Iraq, thus creating a vacuum which ISIS filled.read more

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